MLB Player News

Bart (back) is not in the Pirates' starting lineup against the Reds on Sunday.

Bart continues to work through lower-back discomfort and will miss a second straight game as a result. Henry Davis will once again start behind home plate and bat ninth against Reds right-hander Hunter Greene.

Naylor is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals.

Naylor will head to the bench along with fellow left-handed batters Nolan Jones and Kyle Manzardo while the Royals send southpaw Cole Ragans to the hill for the series finale. Austin Hedges will handle the catching duties for Cleveland.

Wells is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants.

He'll get a breather for the afternoon game after he started behind the dish in the first two contests of the series, going 2-for-6 with a double and an RBI. J.C. Escarra will draw the start at catcher Sunday.

Brantly is starting at catcher and batting ninth against the Nationals on Sunday.

Brantly will make his first major-league start of the season Sunday as Liam Hicks gets a rest day. Brantly last played for the Marlins in 2013, slashing .211/.263/.265 with 15 walks, 11 runs scored, one home run and 18 RBI across 243 plate appearances.

Hicks is not in the Marlins' starting lineup against the Nationals on Sunday.

With the Nationals sending southpaw MacKenzie Gore to the mound, Hicks will retreat to the dugout while Rob Brantly catches and bats ninth. The lefty-hitting Hicks had gone 1-for-6 with two runs scored over the first two games of the series.

Pages is not in the Cardinals' starting lineup against the Phillies on Sunday.

Pages has started the Cardinals' last four games and has gone 4-for-15 with one run scored and one RBI over that span. He'll be rested Sunday while Yohel Pozo starts behind home plate and bats eighth against Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler.

Trevino is not in the Reds' starting lineup against the Pirates on Sunday.

Trevino went 1-for-6 with one RBI over the first two games of the series. He'll be rested for the series finale as Austin Wynns serves behind home plate and bats ninth against Pirates right-hander Carmen Mlodzinski.

Raleigh went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a double, a walk and three total runs in Saturday's 9-2 win against the Rangers.

Raleigh homered for the second straight day, blasting a 420-foot solo shot in the fifth inning. The powerful backstop is up to four home runs on the season, tied for second most among MLB catchers. Raleigh is a good bet to finish near the top of the homer rankings among catchers after reaching 30 long balls each of the previous two campaigns.

Amaya went 2-for-3 with a home run, three total runs and three total RBI against the Dodgers in a 16-0 victory Saturday.

Amaya didn't start the contest, but he was moved into the DH role after Seiya Suzuki exited in the fifth inning due to a wrist injury. Amaya took advantage of the opportunity, knocking a two-run single and a solo home run. Fellow backstop Carson Kelly had a big day of his own with two homers, and the duo has split catching duties pretty evenly of late, with Amaya getting the start behind the plate in four of the team's past eight games.

Kelly went 3-for-3 with two home runs, two walks, three total runs and three total RBI in a 16-0 rout of the Dodgers on Saturday.

Kelly made the score 3-0 in favor of the Cubs with a solo shot in the seventh inning, and he tacked on another long ball -- this time a two-run blast -- off position player Miguel Rojas in the ninth. The veteran catcher is already up to four home runs on the campaign, and he's added 13 RBI while slashing a fiery .417/.571/1.042. Perhaps most impressively, Kelly has drawn 10 walks while striking out just three times. The huge start has pushed Kelly into a near-even playing-time split behind the plate with Miguel Amaya, who also went deep Saturday and is off to a nice start offensively as well.